Abstract: The papers of Anaïs Nin document the life of the noted diarist and novelist. Nin began her diary at the age of 11 in 1914
when she moved to the United States with her family. She continued to write in her diary as she grew up, married and settled
into the role of a banker's wife. The diaries chronicle her interest in psychoanalysis, her literary aspirations and her relationships
with various writers and artists, including Otto Rank, Henry Miller and Antonin Artaud. The diaries held by UCLA conclude
in 1965. In 1946 her diaries took on a different form. Instead of the bound journals she traditionally used, the diaries became
compilations of loose pages which included her diary entries interspersed with letters, ephemera, and other writings by Nin
kept together in portfolios. The papers also include manuscripts of some of Nin's short stories and erotica, some correspondence,
a number of taped interviews and speeches and appearances by Nin in underground films and a documentary by Robert Snyder.

Language:
English

Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.

Anaïs Nin was born in Neuilly, France, February 21, 1903, to Joaquin Nin and Rosa Culmell and moved to New York in 1914 after
her father abandoned the family. She began her diary at this time and continued the diary throughout her life. She married
banker Hugh P. Guiler in Cuba in 1923 and moved to Paris with him in 1931, where she published her first book,
D.H. Lawrence: an unprofessional study (1932) and associated with and cultivated writers and artists, including Antonin Artaud, Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller,
Gonzalo Moré. Began psychoanalysis with Dr. Réne Allendy and later with Otto Rank. She published
The house of incest (1936) and
Winter of artifice (1939) while in Europe. Returned to New York and began to publish her own work under the imprint of the Gemor Press, including
Under a glass bell (1944),
This hunger (1945) and limited editions of
The house of incest and
Winter of artifice. Her husband, Hugh Guiler, using the name Ian Hugo, became a filmmaker and engraver, while maintaining his banking career.
Nin published several more books of fiction, including
Ladders to fire (1946),
Children of the albatross (1947),
The four-chambered heart (1950),
A spy in the house of love (1954),
Solar barque (1958),
Cities of the interior (1959) and
Seduction of the minotaur (1961). In 1947 she met Rupert Pole and accompanied him on a cross-country trip from New York to Los Angeles, with stops
in New Orleans and Taos. She spent the next several years living in New York and Los Angeles, continuing to write in her diary
and establishing herself in the creative community of Los Angeles. She took up permanent residence in Los Angeles in 1961.
The publication of the first volume of her diary in 1966 brought Nin world-wide attention. The diaries were subsequently published
in 7 volumes, 1966-1980. Unexpurgated volumes were published following the death of Hugh Guiler in 1985. Nin died in Los Angeles
in 1977.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, cassette and reel-to-reel tapes of lectures and speeches,
film appearances, printed items and memorabilia related to diarist and writer Anaïs Nin. Many of the diaries include letters,
photographs, theatre programs, clippings, ephemera and memorabilia tipped and laid in. Some of the correspondents include
Hugh Guiler, Rupert Pole, Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller, Gore Vidal, James Leo Herlihy, Felix Pollak and Alan Swallow.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

The letters document a professional relationship in which Nin borrowed money from Baldwin to finance her publishing ventures,
as well as a personal relationship which ended bitterly. This was gradually renewed under cordial terms. Nin wrote the preface
for Baldwin's book of poems,
Quinquivara (New York: Gemor Press, c1944) which had engravings by Ian Hugo.

Note

A calendar of letters is available in the department.

Diaries by Anaïs Nin, 1914-1965

Physical Description: 12.4 linear feet.

Scope and Content Note

Anaïs Nin began writing her diary at the age of 11 and continued throughout her life. The publication of her diaries, beginning
in 1966, coincided with the feminist movement and made her an international celebrity. After her death, unexpurgated editions
of her diaries were published. The diaries evolved through the years, beginning with daily entries and thoughts on various
subjects. In later years, her diaries became a collection of letters, essays and ephemera collected in portfolios.

Published as
The Early Diary Of Anaïs Nin, 1914-1920: Linotte (vol.1). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [c1978], 1914-1920

Books AN read during 1923-1924 are listed in Addresses Section, p.[367].

Published as
The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1923-1927 (vol.3). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [c1983], 1924-1926

Physical Description: .25 lin ft. (4 folders)

Scope and Content Note

Diaries 20-23.

Box 10, Folder 3

Diary 20. Journal and Note Book, 1924 April 9-1925 February 23.

Physical Description: Holograph. Written in date book for 1924. Bound in burgundy leather with marbled boards. Title page has red wax seal with
coat of arms.
pp.[1-366], days past numbered. 13 × 18.5 cm.

Scope and Content Note

AN has tipped in newsclippings, a cartoon and letters.

On pp.82-83, 3pp. of an early attempt to begin a journal.

Drawing of AN (clipping) pasted on rear free endpaper appeared in
Life, 22 May[1924?].

“ Calendar of engagements,” notes and “Books I want to read“ follow p.366.

In a datebook for 1936 with black leather binding with dustjacket for
Winter of Artifice pasted on the cover.

With horoscope in AN's hand for Edward Graëffe and “Pisces year ahead” by Edward Levi laid in front endpaper.

Sketches by Gonzalo Moré, clippings of graphic war images.

With postcard from Edward Graëffe, AN's letter (?) to Gonzalo (16pp. in Spanish), calendar of events in AN's life (unnumbered
pages).

With photos of AN at her press, pp.[ 376]-[382] and Nin display at Argus Bookshop, announcement for Ian Hugo exhibit at the
New School for Social Research, clippings, drawings tipped in, prospectus for
Winter of Artifice, pp.210-212.

Erotica is in folders 6-11 in this box and folders 1-5 in box 8. Most were published in
Delta of Venus (New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) [c1969, 1977]. During this period, Nin, Henry Miller, Caresse Crosby, Robert
Duncan and others wrote erotica for an anonymous collector who paid them a dollar a page.

Note

For further information, see
The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1939-1944. Volume 3.

Box 7, Folder 7

Artist model, [ca. 1940-1941].

Physical Description: Typescript, typescript(carbon). In black folder. 131 leaves. With title page and page numbering in Nin's hand, some proofreading marks in pencil.